搜捕袭击者的努力在继续

 　　BBC News - At least 39 people, including 15 foreigners, have been killed in an attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey's interior minister says. At least 69 people were being treated in hospital, four were said to be in a serious condition, Suleyman Soylu added.

　　BBC新闻 - 伊斯坦布尔一家夜总会遭袭, 至少39人丧生,包括15名外国人，土耳其内政部长说。至少69人在医院接受治疗，4人据说伤势严重，苏莱曼.索伊卢还说。

　　A gunman opened fire in Reina nightclub at about 01:30 local time (22:30 GMT), as revellers marked the new year.

　　当地时间大约凌晨1:30 (格林威治时间22:30)，一名枪手趁着狂欢者庆祝新年之际在雷娜夜总会开枪射击。

　　Addressing reporters early on Sunday, Mr Soylu said: "This was a massacre¹, a truly inhuman² savagery³.'' "A manhunt for the terrorist is under way. Police have launched operations. We hope the attacker will be captured soon."

　　索伊卢部长周日上午对记者发表讲话说："这是大屠杀，真正没人性的野蛮行径。""搜捕恐怖分子的行动正在进行中。警方已经发起了行动。我们希望不久就能抓获袭击者。"

　　Reina nightclub, in the the Ortakoy area of Istanbul, is an upmarket venue⁴ on the banks of the Bosphorus.

　　伊斯坦布尔奥塔科伊地区的雷娜夜总会，是博斯普鲁斯海峡岸上的一个高档场所。

　　Istanbul Governor Vasip Sahin said the attacker killed a policeman and a civilian⁵ outside the club before entering and opening fire. There were reportedly as many as 700 people in the nightclub at the time of the attack, some of whom jumped into the water to escape.

　　伊斯坦布尔市长沙欣说，袭击者进入夜总会开火前在外面打死了一名警察和平民。据报道，袭击发生时夜总会内多达700人，其中有些人跳入水中逃生。

　　"Before I could understand what was happening, my husband fell on top me,'' the Associated Press news agency quoted Sinem Uyanik, who was inside the club, as saying. "I had to lift several bodies from (on) top of me before I could get out. It was frightening.''

　　"在我还没明白发生了什么的时候，我丈夫就倒在了我身上，"美联社引用当时在夜总会的希娜姆的话说。"我得推开压在我身上的好几具尸体才能脱身。真是太吓人了。"

　　The Turkish authorities have imposed a media blackout on coverage⁶ of the attack, citing security and public order concerns, but it does not extend to official statements.

　　土耳其当局以安全和公共秩序之虑为由，对这次袭击报道实施媒体封锁，但不包括官方声明。

　　Some media reports spoke⁷ of more than one attacker and Dogan news agency reported that some witnesses claimed the attackers were "speaking Arabic", but there is no confirmation⁸ of this.

　　一些媒体报道说不止一个袭击者，而多安通讯社报道，一些目击者称袭击者"说阿拉伯语"，但这种说法没有得到证实。

1 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

2 inhuman   

adj.残忍的，不人道的，无人性的

参考例句：

• We must unite the workers in fighting against inhuman conditions.我们必须使工人们团结起来反对那些难以忍受的工作条件。
• It was inhuman to refuse him permission to see his wife.不容许他去看自己的妻子是太不近人情了。

3 savagery   

n.野性

参考例句：

• The police were shocked by the savagery of the attacks.警察对这些惨无人道的袭击感到震惊。
• They threw away their advantage by their savagery to the black population.他们因为野蛮对待黑人居民而丧失了自己的有利地位。

4 venue   

n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点

参考例句：

• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
• The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。

5 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

6 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

7 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

8 confirmation   

n.证实，确认，批准

参考例句：

• We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
• We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前，我们需要书面确认。